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Prof. wrote:
 Maikel...Sorry if I quashed your ideas on the screen size.. 
It's a bit like TV sizes...You buy a 36" tv and put it in your living room and it looks big!!..
Then after some time you start to think "this tv is not all that big, I think I need to get a 42" screen".. 
And that's how it goes with projection screens as well..
I built my theatre for just me! (I'm a free man) and I made an 8' wide Scope screen..
When I first projected onto it with the anamorphic set up, it looked BIG!!...I sit 9'6" from the screen..
Now after just 6 months..It's not looking so big!
I'm about to make up a new screen, using a different finish than my current screen, and I'm tempted to make it even bigger, in fact another foot wider!!...
Do you see my point?
I can practically guarantee you that if you go with an anamorphic set up, you will not be happy for very long with a 2 Metre wide screen... |
I see you point Prof. I am convinced
In the end it all comes down to the same conclusion: Size does matter, the bigger the better!
Thus, when creating your HT you should try to make the screen as big as your possibilities permit (room and financial wise). Since we are talking about
Home Cinema on this forum, let's say the maximum height you can achieve is 8' (2.45m), resulting in a maximum screen width of 19' (5.80m) . Your minimum viewing distance lies around 16' (4.9m).
So if you have a room of measuring 20'x20' (6mx6m) or more, why stick to a procliamed ideal 9', and not go for 19' wide?
